12/23/18 INBORN AND AIRBORNE SIN CHANGES LIFE
Because of Atonement, infants and young children abound with love, joy, trust, hope.
Inborn and Airborne Sin changes this.
POLLUTE NOT!
DEFINED TERMS
ATONEMENT: The Propitiatory, Sacrificial Death and the Physical Resurrection of Jesus for the sin (nature) and sins (personal behavior) of the world; and the personal, miraculous transformation provided to those who trust in the Death and Resurrection of Jesus only, for their salvation. Preborns and infants are covered by the Atonement of Christ.
Jesus death and resurrection covers (does not eradicate) the inherited sin nature in all conceived children. Though it does not remove the sinful nature (Carnal Mind, Old Man, Double Mind, "The Flesh,") in the new born, it does give the newborn the opportunity to experience life with a "God presence" and influence.
Each child will come to a time of accountability before God. At that time they will need to renounce the hidden sinful desires and they will need to repent of their wilful rebellion. This is conversion, which includes forgiveness, regeneration, cleansing, repentance, faith, obedience, confession.
INBORN: The inherited nature of Adam, which is rebellious to God. Children are conceived and born with 1. a human nature (the nature to be human, which is body, soul, spirit), and with 2. a sinful nature (the nature to be sinful). Our entire self is crippled, corrupted by the INBORN sinful tendency. We not only respond with natural desire (eat when hungry, drink when thirsty), we respond with twisted and exaggerated desires (covet, lust, hate, deceive).
AIRBORNE: The temptations that come to us from outside of own hearts, they come to us "through the air." This also points out that our enemy, Satan, is the, "god of this world," he is, "the prince of the power of the AIR." Our temptations, trials come to us from beyond ourselves. It is Satan who tempts us with things seen, heard, smelled, felt, tasted.
Without the Atonement, children would be born with no joy, peace, love, hope, trust. As always, Satan attempts to thwart God's provision of salvation from sin. Since God has "headed Satan off at the pass," (by dealing with the sinful nature) Satan works in a man's own household (including the home of believers). Satan wants to turn the eyes of the children from trusting and following Jesus. He does this by corrupting and using the professing parents of the child.
The ARTICULATIONS, ACTIONS, and ATTITUDES of parents (and other professing adults) can influence a child to turn from being a loving, kind, tenderhearted, trusting, joyful, confident, enthusiastic, spiritually sensitive, obedient person to a rebel.
I realize that all negativity can break out, regardless of godly upbringing, but it is also true that parents set the tone and can undermine the work of God, in their lives.
